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' ALFRED CLARKE AND ARWHUHEEAHEE.

COMBINED SHOEMAKERS TOOL.

PATENLIED-MAY 3118'70 WITNESSES. ,TNVENTORS'.

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ALFRED CLARKE AND ARTHUR CLARKE, or- PHILADELPHIA, PENN-I SYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 103,566, dated May 31, 1870.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part: of the same.

We, ALFRED OLAnKn and ARTHUR CLARKE, of the city of Bhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Shoemakers. Channel Opener, Gouge and Guide for the same, Knife and Awl, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention isthe saving of much time ordinarily consumed by shoeinakers in laying down and picking up tools constantly used in the process of preparing the soles for stitching.

We accomplish this object by combining thesetools with a .connnon' handle, and simplify and cheapen their construction by casting such of them together as'do not require to'be magle of steel, and confining the others to the handle .by means of scrmvs' or rivets.

The several parts areconstrncted and arranged as follows: In the accompanying drawing. \vhichumkes apart of this specification- Figure 1 is a side view of the combined tool Figure 2 is auend view of the same;

Figure 3 is a face view. of a sole,-G, and the combined .tool, showing the process of forming the groove, is; and

Figure 4 is anisoniet-ricul view of the knife G and and I), in a single piece. I Like letters in all the figures indicate the same parts.

-A is the handle of the tool;

B the channel opener;

C the knife;

I) the awl;

E the gouge; and

F the guide for the latter. I

The channel opener -13, guide 1*, and handle A are cast in asingle piece. v

The knife 0 and awl D are constructed (if a s'in gle piece of steel;as'represented in 4, and contined to the projection I) of the handle A by means of screws (Z 11.

. The gouge E is confined to the handle A by means of screws, 0 e, which pass through the shank f.

The operation of the several tools is as follows:

The channel y, around the front part of the sole G, seen in fig. 3, having been out by a machine before the sole is put on the last, the knife 0 is used to out through the channel, at its termination at the heel h; then the channel opener is placed in one end of the channel and drawn around to the other, and turning the edge j up in preparation for sewing, in theananner representedat one end of the channel, at I. The

awl is used merely for stabbing holes to receive nails for confining the sole to the last..

The gouge E is used, as represented at fig. 3, for form'- ing the groove karouud the seat, the guide'F coming against the backpart of the upper, as represented, whereby the groove is madeof accurate distance from the edge of the heel all around, and just where it is wanted to sew ithrough, thereby making it perfectly practicable'to stitch through the thick part of the stiffening, and thnsjusin'ing a firm heel. I v

'In the ordinary mode of using the gouge, without the guide, a dilferentresult takes place, especially when there is much irregularity in the heel part of the sole, often causing'the groove to be made too far out, and thereby resulting in the stitches being cut when the heel is trimmed off, or else in carrying the stitches through the thin part. of the stiffness, and

which is, thereby, rendered useless, and results in the heel running down and in theripping of thefrout partof thesole, as that part then takes the strain.

The guide F has a curve, I, so as to clear an y irregular projection in the heel of the shoe, as the time on slides against the back part of the upper during the formation of the groove k..

The channel g, ashas been stated, is made before the sole is put on the last, butthe groove k, around the heel, cannot be made until it is placed on the last,

as is well known to all shoemakers, and hence requires adistinct tool for its construction.

I What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination and arrangement of the gouge E and guide F in relation to each other and to the handle A, when the said guide is constructed and arranged to operate in relation to the back part of the upper, substantially in the manner and for the purpose above described. r

2. The construction of the channel opener B and handle A in a single piece, substantially as described. 3. The formation of the guide F and handle A in a single piece, as above set forth.

4. The construction of the knite 0 and awl D in a single piece, as above described.

In testimony that the above is our invention, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this 11th day of April, 1870.

ALFRED CLARKE. [L. s.] ARTHUR CLARKE. [L. s.]

' Witnesses:

STEPHEN Usrron, THOMAS J. BEWLEY. 

